couture
pronunciation
How to pronounce couture in British English:
UK [kuˈtjʊə(r)]
How to pronounce couture in American English:
US [kuˈtʊr]
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- Noun:
- high fashion designing and dressmaking
Word Origin
- couture (n.)
- 1908, from French couture, literally "dressmaking, sewing," from Old French costure (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *consutura, from past participle of Latin consuere "to sew together," from con- "together" (see com-) + suere "to sew" (see sew). Used as a collective term for "women's fashion designers."
Example
- 1. Cardin has become a household name on products around the world from couture clothing to alarm clocks .
- 2. I 've destroyed priceless couture .
- 3. They mass-market their haute couture .
- 4. When there 's more than one child , each kid is naturally going to have fewer dolls , video games and juicy couture hoodies .
- 5. In january , versace returned to paris 's haute couture fashion week after an eight-year absence .